September's soar-away Broughton Spurtle is sitting in boxes, like a caged Scarlet Ibis, waiting for its moment to escape.
In the new issue you'll find news on huge local holes, a planning stushie in the World Heritage Site, two bids for independence and a warning against.
There's also oats, artificial snow, pot burglary and rubbish updates, al fresco dining (not the nice kind), a new lease of life, four-legged fun and a prominent local business up for sale. Not to mention Umberto Eco in the New Town, real ale, body piercing, art, acrobatic pandas, cricket and a 'super-duper kitsch and quirky' event to see off the summer. All this and more in 4 tightly packed pages of black-and-white usefulness.
Issue 210 will fly thither and yon tomorrow from Pilrig to Howe Street, York Place to Canonmills and all points between. You'll find it perched in galleries and newsagents, hair salons, barbers, eateries, drinkeries, libraries and bicycle repair shops. Basically, it'll be anywhere a Scarlet Ibis could go given a helpful squirrel and a following wind. Alternatively, you can download a colour copy by clicking on the front-page image on our Home page (top-right).
If you'd like to write for the Spurtle, or be our eyes and ears on the street, or help distribute copies, you'd be very welcome. Contact us at: spurtle@hotmail.co.uk